ESPNers pay tribute to late colleague Zach Jones, dead at 41
Just a few days before Christmas, the network announced that research manager Zach Jones, who joined ESPN in 2010, had died ...
NBA website: Rockets vs. Thunder ‘may not have been the marquee NBA Cup semifinal the league was hoping for’
NBA.com didn't exactly do a hard sell in its preview of the NBA Cup semifinal between the Rockets and Thunder.
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Kirk Herbstreit rips Ohio State’s ‘lunatic fringe,’ ESPN’s ‘First Take’ in defense of Ryan Day
The first round of the College Football Playoff produced virtually no on-field suspense, as all four favorites cruised to a double-digit victory. That included Ohio State, who wrapped up the first ...
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Field Pass alternate cast of Ohio State-Tennessee CFP game with ‘The Pat McAfee Show’ was off the rails
Those who decided to tune into ESPN2 Field Pass alternate cast of the CFP First Round matchup between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Tennessee Volunteers starring the cast of The Pat McAfee Show ...
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Media pundits heavily critique Tom Brady on call of Steelers-Ravens Week 16 game
Thus far, Tom Brady has perhaps expectedly had a hard time living up to the incredibly lofty expectations for his broadcasting career following his legendary NFL career. And while some have argued ...
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Coach whose team lost to Kentucky at home shades Indiana’s CFP inclusion
The unfortunate thing about the Indiana Hoosiers’ loss to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the College Football Playoff on Friday night is that it opened the door for every angle critics want to ...
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Looking ahead to the biggest sports media stories of 2025
As we near the end of 2024, Awful Announcing wanted to take stock of the sports media industry and see what stories and trends will keep insiders’ attention over the next 12 months. For Alex ...
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Kirk Herbstreit, Nick Saban retroactively lobby for Cam Ward and Miami over Indiana in playoffs
On Sunday, Dec. 8, before the College Football Playoff rankings reveal show, ESPN CFB analyst Kirk Herbstreit appeared on the network seemingly to discuss who’d be in and out but actually chose ...
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Scott Hanson apologizes for using commercial-free catchphrase during NFL RedZone with ads
"I’m not even thinking about the lead. I was just thinking about seeing Beyoncé for the first time." ...
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Sean McDonough calls out Indiana, questions CFP’s Big Ten bias
Sean McDonough wasn’t having it. The veteran announcer, who, alongside Greg McElroy, ranked second in Awful Announcing’s 2024 college football announcer rankings, was in rare form Friday night ...
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Caitlin Clark’s Time interview is just what the WNBA needed
Was there a more obvious pick for Time 2024 Athlete of the Year than Caitlin Clark? Not only did she break the NCAA scoring record in her final year of college just weeks before going first ...
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Kirk Herbstreit: ‘Outclassed’ Indiana [shouldn’t] have ‘been on that field’
Rece Davis might have said that performance doesn’t validate or invalidate these selections, but that doesn’t mean everyone on the College GameDay set has to fall in line. Kirk Herbstreit ...